Whats the best low risk, high gain investment?
A basic concept in investing is that there are NO low risk, high gain investments. There are low risk, low gain investments such as money markets and bonds, and there are higher risk, higher gain investments such as stocks, stock mutual funds and real estate. Most people buy a mix of both types of investments. However, I suspect you may be asking what has the highest gain among the low risk investments. Here are several suggestions. I do not have a financial interest in any of these websites. (This does not violate the Yahoo answers ban on solicitations as I have no financial interest) I like the the Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund with a current compound yield of ~4.1% APY. https://flagship.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/… If you are in a high tax bracket you may prefer their tax exempt money market funds: h
